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🇲🇳 Traditional dishes from Mongolia

3 dishes people actually cook in Mongolia: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Buuz

90 min · medium · 7 ingredients

Buuz, a traditional dish from Mongolia

Delicious Mongolian dumplings filled with juicy meat.

  • 500 g ground beef
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic
  • 100 ml water
  • 400 g flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper

Khuushuur

90 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Khuushuur, a traditional dish from Mongolia

Savory Mongolian meat-filled dumplings, a delight!

  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 200 ml water
  • 300 g ground beef
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 50 ml vegetable oil

Tsuivan

60 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Tsuivan, a traditional dish from Mongolia

Savor the hearty flavors of Mongolian Tsuivan!

  • 500 g flour
  • 200 ml water
  • 400 g beef
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 200 g cabbage
  • 50 ml soy sauce
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper

What do people eat in Mongolia?

The three dishes from Mongolia documented in Copper are Buuz, Khuushuur and Tsuivan. Onion and flour each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 14 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Mongolia?

The three recipes need 14 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Flour is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 25 use flour. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Mongolia take?

Tsuivan is the quickest at 60 minutes. Buuz is the longest at 90 minutes. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Mongolia is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Mongolia here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Tsuivan is the shortest way in.

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